These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Hippos Surfing

This is a more recent photo. It was taken in 2000 and showed two hippopotamus swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. It turns out that while hippos are generally found in swamps and rivers, they’re generally happy with any type of water as this photo proves. The person responsible for this image is Michael Nichols, an American journalist whose photo got Gabon President Omar Bongo to build a series of national parks for wild animals like hippos.